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m VOL. Xll. Our Motto: PRINCIPLES AND MEASUJ.tES FIRST; PARTIES AND MEN SECOND. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. % THURSDAY, AUG. 9, 1894, ^,45. ^Professional Cards ^ R. tsilCKS, M. D., PIIYSICInN and surgeon Henrietta, N. C Dks. M. a. & C. A. BLAND, -^Dentist,— No. 21 NprlliyTryon Street, OHAfeLOTTK, N. C. E. F. GLENN, —Dentist,- Gastonia, N. ‘ Office in the rear Oonfectioiicry Store. G!cnd> WILLI AM' y. LE\yIS, ,, —ATTOEi^KT AT IjAA*';— Gaatoilia, N. G. Pr.aettccB in tiie State and Fed eral CourtB. J. A. ANTKOy.Y- - “Attoeney at Law,— Shelby,,N. C. OSee in the Block. Ln~ trance upstairs, opposite Court House. A. G. MANGUM, —Attukney at Law,— Gastonia, N. p. ' AVill practice , in Gitstonia, the a'djoiiting coiintieii, and tlie led- o.ral Courts, Dr. J. C; McCUBBINS, —Resident Dentist,—- Blaeksliurg,, S. C. ' Office liver W^lr-Sitait Bros. •Po.’s store. • Call and see me-.,, TEMPERANCE SPEECH. Aa AtWress Delivepetl Before tiiB Kinir’s Mouiitata Temper- 3ince Society on luteitiperance, .April lO, 1894, \>yi Rev. W. G. Neville, of Aorkville, S. C„ and Published hy Vete of the Society. My friends, I desire to-express to you my hearty appreciation of the invitation you .have so kindly extended to me to address you oh this occasion. I announce as my subject: , The lireiifc Slaughter of Intern- porauco. I. Tlie Slain.” I. The fmanoial and material slaughter. One of our daily papers says; '■ The 10,000,000 barrels of beer sold last year would have filled-.',a canal 21 iert wide and -fivo feet deep exteuding from Noiv York to Philadelphia, a distance of 90 miles, and it would take a piimp throwing 30 gallons a minute, run ning night and day, over 21 years to pump it out. It was swalloivcd, ‘■ however.”- . i. | Mr. EdwArd Atkinsori, the cele-1 her domesitic affairs arid takes a delight in such work! The ichil dren arei attending ,. ithe village school, ar::d are progressing rapidly in their studies,'the pride of their parents amL'the' favorites of the whole community.' Go with ihp some evening and let us visit th-f.t home. Tire 'father has cOme in from his bcsiness to enjoy' the society of his family. The mother ha.s gotten through with ' her hoii.sowork and has laid aside all of its cares. The children have prepared their lessons for the 'Hic- ceedirig day, eager for the time to come when they can bo with their father and 'mother. They all gather aroifpR the( hearth-stone where they'have s^ent so many pleasant cv.onings together. Dur ing the evening the subjeot of con versation turns on the two ®Mest of the children, a son and a daughter,. y!hom their father ■ ex pects to st^jdioff to college' iext year. The mother Says she -is so auxfous about her son, for there are so many temptations thrown ill the ways of bqys off at 80^100! .away from home, intluefiees and re- bratodstafeticiaipputsUie amountDiroa,tly the subject cf conversation changes. One of the decision 'of cha lost resplict fi consequently f Then look a' fects of strong, loot. It detl: it destroys th^; erates the meni' prostrates the Notice'next tl| eiV Whiskey nounced to be chemists drink pj hetioe it'^oos body. It in'teo tion, for it exj flueace over function' the heart, the’ and .their mother of dis' pepsia, jaiindij ulciice, dropsy gout, tremor: toria, epilep' apoplexy, meli delirium tremd age, and linull f Dk. j. R. OSBORNS, —De.ntist. Shelby. N* C. We make a speeiaMy of '.y:vinir your teetli. Give us call. 'Office over J.-S. Miu tiu A Ison’s stor^. J. E. WllISNANT, ..\J^ENT1.ST; HENJIIETTA, N - C. ne'Xt door to Bb. Hicks. I am prepared to do all kinds of dental work in fir«t-cla.ss style at moderate p'ticefi, and solicit a jiart of the deidal nractice of the surrcuudiiig.,community. J. W.-GIDNEY, , ATTORNEY AND eorNSET.LCP.|.T LAW, SHELBY, N. C. Give careful attention to the col- lecion of debts, partition of lauds, advising exeentors and aduiinistra- tore, settlenicnt ot estates, exami nation of titles, drawing instru ments' and giineal legal buBiness. ' Office vvesti of the court house, Over 11. D. T'.-be & Co.’s .jbank, the old office of Gidhey & Vfebb. A. Telling History - -yj . .. ^-oy A— , GREAT MEDICINE, PEP - 0 TASl —Foil— V ■ DIARRHOEA, FLIJ;! AND KINDRED DISEASES. It is as good as it is wonderful. No Cnromos! No Premiums! It recom mends itself! It is the ' mother’s safeguard for' teething children: It is worth its weight -in gold. Read this strong ; endorse ment. It is backed: by over 2,fX)0 more of equally positive- ness: ■- : I have used Pep-o-ta^h in over 500 cases. It has never failed in a. single case. H. M. Eppj.eman, M. D. Mount Holly, N- C. For sale by : y,. SOUTHERN CHEMICA,^k;' CO., Chaklottl., N. C., , And sold by all leading drug gists and general merchants. barer SHOP. fT'he Tonsorial Art in all its fancies and touche; for modern 'times will he conducted by D. AV. DAWKINS. of beer consamod in 1892 in the United States at 974,24t,863 gal lons. At 50 cents per gallon Jit would cost 48"';123,96L He puts the amount of ivhiskey used'as a beverage (after deducting 10,000,- 000 gallons used in the arts and scieiicos); at 78,808,330 gallons,/at a cost to the consumers of .$354',- 687,485. • He puts the amountyof domestio. wines used at 25,000,000 gallons, costing .$50,000,000. The imported wines and beer he esti mates to.ybe worth .$43,0ol,808. These figures are for 1.8,91. In 1892 there was a eonsiderable in crease over 1891. Mr. .'Itkinsou puls the whole amount spent-on intoxicating liquors in 1892 at $1,000,884,277. From the Interior Deiiartment f the Uni-t'xl .States wC Ham that there are ti;i, this countryuio less than 5;652 distilleries, 2,830 brew eries, tand--176,260 places where strong drink is sold. At a very low oStima.te-iliere raust be 500,000 hands engaged iiy vthe .manufac ture and sale'-'of- in^xicatmg iiquor.s in this country'.' At 75 ce-ots per. day tkeir labor is worth .$375,000.’ . Then we must take .dtito cdii- Sideratioii the worth of 4-he pf-- d.pct8 out. of which t!i6 strong d'fiuk is'.made. Now,-, if we will add all those togeohotand take into account the indirect cost to the country^ in the way of crime and pauperism, we will have., in the neighborhood af $l,500,00t),000. lihese figures are, indeed, startling; .n-ud it would be hsrd to believe them had they not b©«i gathered witli so much care by competent hands. Give, me the money s.pent on -sU'hng drink, and I will build a go'od church and school Ivoiise in every community; I will pay the salaries of the minist-;rs and teach ers. I will build a splendid col-, lege at every court house, and put in it & good faculty and a! good library. It will put -a. copy .-of the Scriptures in the hands.of every human being 011- tho earth. AVhat a financial 4iid material slaughter 1 Now what does intemperance give us in return for this vast and onorpyons expenditure of money? Crinie,.disease, pauperism, dogra- datio'i^..poor houses, asylums, jails and prisons. 2. No-ti.$a next to social slaught er. If yGr^-oould go through the thousands of homes w-hioh have been bereft of. their peace and happiness by this' great destroyer, you could appreciate the meaning of social slaughter. Could you see what this ihonster is -doing to sap the very-foundations and de signs of society, then-y-sh could realize the. extent of this social slaughter. Let me draw you a picture. The sceneis a real home in a cpiiet, prosperous country town. The. inmates of that home are a happy father, a loving mother and four- obedient children, two sons and two daughters. The father is eiv gaged in a prosperous business in [acter. They have themselves and Veveiybody else. disaBtfCus ef- ou tha intel- ; the' reason ; dgment;’lt oblit: iry; it completely t!,l. physical slanght- a poisoi-i, pro- :h by competent iiysicians. Strong lie bloodand .H parts of the 3 wdth the iiiges- ery bad iii- fioli and its (ibles the liver, gs, the'- brains, 'is. It is the producing dfs- emaoiation, co‘-fp- icers, rheumatism, palpitation, bys- palsy, lethargy, ncholy, madness, is, 'preniativre old death. It-' may take them sam 1 time to mature; 'town. The .mother is ’ousy about daughters says she has learned new piece of music to-day. All the I rest are anxious to, hoar her plaf- ' it. She goes to the Jjiano, does he;: best, and receives, as she deserves, the.'cqmplimeuts of all. After talk ing a while the time comes for family worship. The mother g»ts the Bible and hymn book and places- th4m on the table. ,. The father lakes the hymn book' and says; Leb-its sing the 244th .byniii, “Jesus, IcJVer of AlydSoul.” .'They all sing 'fith tiie heart and '-'with the undetfstaiKling. A' Then the father ta’nes the B.^ble which he lias taken so oftenbefore, find says; -Ywill read ths.HOod Psalm, “Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and all that is within me bless His holy name.” After the reading, they all kneel around thejfamily altar, and the father leads that happy circle in prayer; and, 01 what a fervent prayer it was coming right straight from the'heart! The de votions being finished, they spend a short time in conversing on re ligious topics, and then kiss each other good night. That, my friends, is the picture of areal homes. Who would be,-60 moan as to mar t!|e pleasure of--, that home? Is there anagent ou earth low enough to destroy this home? AYs, tliere; is an enemy on-.-,earth that would- march right into that delightful homo and tare'down that sacred al-: tar and break, asunder all thoesi,' hallowed associations and destroy' all that blcEfied happinese. His name is strong; drink. He would enter every horao in this commu nity and put .put every light in them. II# would pull down the pictures froniithe walls and take up the, carpets from the floors. He Would starve the cbildisii and clothe .them in rags. He;.; would break the mother’s heart aitd drag the father down to disgrace and degradation. He would have the sheriff to sell the house and lot to pay the .whiskey bill. This is no dream, nd fancied pictnss drawn from my., own imagiuaticki. It is truth and'.not fiction. Turn this .enemy loose and what would he do in this community? ,In his march cf destruction, he wotild pull down to the ground every church and every institution of learning r.ud every home. 3. Look at the moral, intellectu al and physical slaughter, AVhat does stronk drink care for morali ty and religion? 'Absolutely noth ing, except to ..destroy them. AVould YOU see profanity? Then go. among the drunkards. AVould you see dishonesty? Then go among those who frequent places where intoxicating liquors are- sold. There yo'i will see the gam bler with his deck of cards. There you will hear the profane person caricaturing the - Bible, making light of religion,-.sneering at the ch urch of God, and ever defying God himself. Their consciences are so seared as with a hot iron, that their moral sensibilities are ■blunted ,nnd sometimes destroyed They care nothing for virtue and 6 to come'.. A^ou oes' of tliorPk, nor It has been au- tliat while the Out they are sii can’t gather gra figs of thistles thoritively show probabilities of, future life temperate man ut the age of fifty may be reckoned at twenty years, those of the druiiKard at the safne age, are only four 'years. It lias been also shown that the deaths among druukarfjs between the ages of 21 and 30 have been more than five times and ijctween the ages of 31 and 50 more than four times, the number among! the temperate at the sanie ago. j It is c.'3timato|. th'it not loss than 60,000 drunkards die annually 5‘ii tlio United States. From the-?6 drunkards -who lire, murdered by strong drink 'ii’it''i a procession, marching in sin.fleifile and allow ing one yard Ij^y.-een them, the proeession would bo more than 33 nii'les long; and it would take tliun more than eight hours to pa?!S a given point traveling at the raCe of 'four miles per hour 1 tramp! tramp! tramp! aiarching down ttj* degradation, destruction and death! ' It would be moris appropriate to to suppose all these drunkards bur- 'led in one grave-yard, drunkards’ cemeler)'. Sixty -fiiousand gi’aves filled every year.-' and on every tomb-stone would Be written, mur dered by strong di'ifag! Making al lowances for walknetc., this annual 'cemetery of the drunkards would include about 500 ieres. 0 what a physical slaughter 1 AVars and famines and pestilence have ^ain their thousands, but intemper-ance has slam its millions. 4. The spiritual slaughteriof in temperance.', This demon destroys not only the, body, but also the soul. Its b.'ieot^ do not stop in time, but they ran clear through eternity. Thze it the most .Start ling and alahpiipg aspeotiDf .the whole questi'iff., The wise Iman says: “At the last it bitetli like a serpent, and stin.jeth like - an. ad der.” God says,jin 1 Coi-.v-fi:- 10, Nor thieves,' nj'U' cove.tobe:, ner drunkards, ■t)'or't:evilers, nor ex tortioners, -ahall jtihorit th-B King dom of God}.'” Alfhat a fearful des tiny awaits the drunkard 1 AA’hat more can he exp- disfigured'" the irjiage which hd -was cro; lil5erat-jly rejecte. lias excluded hj Kingdom of God.' ual elaughter! ct since ho has of God in ted? He has de- God ami his of fers of ffiercy, am, in this 'way he 'Snself from the 0 what a spirit- destruction of souls; a destruijtion that shall never end. Sixtythousand immor tal '6-tmls pouring into the pit of etc'inal destruction everv'year from this country and carried there by strong driiik. Tiat is c-hough to stir--iii to action. A'elio'W'■ f4vor, chol'erA-, and small pox are ia be dreaded ; but the_V cannot bo com pared to intom'perance. For theji- can is-nly destroy the body.; strong drink destroys not only the bedy, but also the soul. And did you ever stop to think what is involved in the loss of a soul? It will take air eternity in which to make the calculation. Now the question toroo:; itself upon us with power and energy, AA’hb sleiv all these?” Thousa'nds of widows, mothers;: and tens ’ of thousands of poor orphan chi 1.Iren are asking this question. AVhore ikthe agent that is so mean ’ as to slay'all these? Do you say, “strong drink, did it.” In one sense this is so; hut this does not.'solVej the qiiestioii; for there is no datiger in strong'drink, if you will’ jus't keep enougli distance between you and it. TlHip are many whom it never troubleo, because ^hey never troub le it. It has no feet with 34111011 to walk about in the raid-night hours to Bunt up its victimb,' It lias no hands with which totfilust the assaiisin’s dagger into the iieii't of man. It . has no mind with which to plap'against the welfare' of society."Biit, my friends, strong drink has an ah arniy of well equip ped Boldiereivhb are responsible for this great' ■slaffghter. ’■ III now’c'all your attentioii to Uie slayers, of'the responsible parties. I. Firtiilordbrare themanufaot- lirers of intoxicating liquors. I arraign the distillers of the land before the’fa,af of justice -And I maintain that they are responsible for this gteat slaughter. The fountains o'f this great stream of iniquity arc to be found ,,in the breweries and distilleries 3pf the land. The distillers are ihanufac- tumig by the ivholesale cyimo and shame and poverty an4i,;tl-isgrace and death. If I. manufacture a drug which I know will desttp.y ,t(ie lives of the people and I spatter this drug broadcast over thi^^lapd, encouraging the people to U9,e. ,it, am I not guilty }bf the blood, of’.Jill the people destr-^yed by this,, dnig? The licensers'are responsible for this great slaughter. The; Scrip tures utter no uncertain so^nd bn this subject. They clearly teach, beyond the shaiow of a doubt, that we are resjionsible for the -welfare of others, as far as ciir ability goes. ' Suppose I see the midr.nigho ak- sas.sin enter my neighbor’s house with tlie purpose of murdering all of its inmates., and tbe'’'power is within my hftiids to stop him ; in-^ stead of arresting him, I icnoourage him to go on, giving hiffi, in this way, the Jreensb to commit the atro cious deed, yea, opening the door for him to eutei'. Am I not a par ty to this great crime?, I would be held just as'strictly a murderer I'a the sight of yiod as the man who plunges the knife into tlie heart of the inmates of that house. Take another example; Suppose thkre ia some fearful dfScaBO pre vailing around'■your towribwluch is .yeky oontagioua, say the 2Hia':l-pox, and there ia a bad case of, this dis ease wanting {o come into your very.-inidst. The qiiestioaV wheth er he shall comb in or note', is left to a vote of the .people. The vote is taken, and the people ,^ay by their votes, let him come in'. The disease pomes iii.and destroys many lives. Noiv where does the rospou- sibility’of all this lie? Certainly with thsse who'v'otod to let the des troying' malady come into your midst. '-.(Jhrist says: ‘-‘V/pe .unto the wori'ri because ot oWhees: for it must needs be that b-ffences come; but woe tothat 'maii by whom the offence oometb. I 3. Once more, the dealers in' in toxicatin'*'.liquors are responsible for this greiit slaughter. God says : “Woe unto” him that giveth his neighbor drink, that putteth tliy bottle to iiim, and makeSt him drunken also.” AVoe to the man who stands beliind the counter and deals out fleath to the people. These men-are the most culpable of all; l-cAsuse tiiey stand fi-oe to face with the people, taking their money., and'itiv'iig them —-^liat? CrimS'p maiincse, poverty, drttiik- eiiiiecs and death. They are guil ty’, and can lie excused -o.u no ground wjiatcver. Wlio slfew the thousands of drunkards?' AVho blastcd'So many bright proSpocts and so many bright intellects? AA’ho made so many homes deso late and so many hearts broken? Wlio'>destroyed so mnclf-'peace tnd hapjiiiicss? Let the mathers and- the'widows and the pqbr orplian cliiidren of these drunkards an swer. Aon dealers in intoxicating liquors did it. Yon destroyed our pldasant home. Yea murdei-ed m^Bon, or my husbafld, or my fa-’ thS-L T’ou have taken the bread and meat out of on;' mouths and clothed us in rags. AVhat then shall' we call the place ■ivhere strong drink is sold as a beverage? it is the deii of Iniqui ty and the home of the g'unbler. It is the nest' of hatred, erime, wrath, strife, seditions, riots, tiiur- dei's, dnmkennesB, rcvelings,' wile- beatings, and such like. Yc8,’it is •‘the vestibule of hell and the syn- ago.gue of the Devil.” slai;’. ill. Why have these ] all 'tiiese?. , The answer is to make money. Mo'f.ey ii:at the bdttoin of it all. That is tlio true philosoplij' of this business. , Men will, take the com forts out .of thousands of homes to make mioney! They' will destroy, the peaco'and happiness of a eom- munfty, to,; :mako money! They will snatch the bread and rneat out of the mouths of wives aiid 'children to make money! They Will send immortal souls to,hell to me.lte mon ey! 1 thick we can now appreci ate tlio words of the A post,!e ' bet ter than ever before: ‘-Th.b love ot money is a root of all evil!’’ IV. AVhat is the proper course for us to pursue in reg;ird to this subject. - 1. AVp ought to abstain from all drinking ; ourselves. There is a great deal mpre power in example than in pfc'ceptC;, If yon would in fluence (ithers dll this subject, yon must first intlueneo y.qarsolf. The moderate drinker is.tl'.e man who does the harm. A drunkard is e- iiough to disgust a young man and he does do this in many eases; but when the young man sees this one and that one drink and never get drunk then bethinks lie can do the very'same tiling. This is a-,trap which eatcljps thousands of ’y.ouhg . ''',4 2. AVe ciight to do all we can'to keep d’thers from drinking. AVe should Warn them against the dan ger thei'l; is in strofig drink. ' As far as wa can, wo ought to keep in toxicating liquors but of their reach. 3. AA’e ought to enforce all pro- hibitefy laws,' It is our dutjl, as Christian citizcnaj’. to see that the law 18 obeyed and the offender' pnu ished. This eohrse ot proceedure would show to ;the world that when we have a la-iv it means some thing. AVe need public sentiment to back tlie'’law; and, without this, it will be hard to enforce the law. Law ■was ordained of God; and, as his servant, you, are to s4e thai this law is respected and pb yed. These latt’S in many plaebs have lieen violated to a very great ex tent; and there has been a shout of rejoicing in. the -camp.-oi -the. whiskey ffien every time, this has been donb. They have not only encouraged lawlessness; but they have boasted and gloried in it. The whiskey power has done every thing it conid to defeat every law which has,been acted to regulate and stipprCfe's the sale ot strong drink. Tlie whiskey power would prefer to lisive anarcli}' than to be defeated ■’A their nefarious hfisiness. The power, lias siieli a hol-i' upon the represenatives of our govern ment ainif upon tl:e public press, that it will require,a nriited}. effort on the ol" ‘^'1 good citizens to entorca' the law. ; May' the rich&t blessings of heaven descend t:pon tlie efforts put forth liy the gpt>d people ot this ooinnimfity to cbtiqucr and de stroy this great onsmy of man kind. A Mctiici’W SeventeeJi. Montreal Dispatch. A remarkable case of fecund ity reported from St. Genevieve. The of Palmer TheoreL a farmefiof that place, has just given burtF to triplets for 'the second time in fiye'years, besides having l^ins on three other oc casions.' ' Airs. Theoret, who"; is 30 years Sf oi^e, is the mother of seventeen'bhildron. A device to enabrebicycle rid ers to observe vehicles approaeh- ing-from the rear -wilhout being obliged to turn 4nd look back heis been patented. , .Italy produce.^ 33.4 per cent. 4f the wine of tho world, Spain f3.8 per cent,‘ahd France 21.9 per cent., the^iffree nations pro ducing 69.1 pfeNcent of the ag gregate outp;i4, amounting to3,- 370.000,000 g-allons. The largest farm in this'coffh- try is in Louisiana,, it being 100 miles one way and 35 the other. The fencing alone cost $50,000. A woman may doubt a mail’s sincerity when he pays her a compliment,' but ‘she doesn’t doubt the compliment. The Rrogbessive Reformer is all home print, and intends to gi-ye the news. Subscribe and get it. Ill Incilem . in tie ;life olUtaii Froui the Diiiry ot a Ijftcij; Thegfintieman posi'ti'vely shout ed he ',wus so much amused. “ AAYB’,” he continued, wiping his eyes, “the'sch.'xil 'A'as out, and we all went our different paths liome, My brother ■went with me to the old farmer’s; and wliat dff you tiiink he ga-ve me? Alind you, I had nm all thb moftdng till I yu;s almost sick,.arid had ‘caught I't’ besides, CharlVe'; a.hd he gave me how mucli.Fretif’ “A shilling an houi'ir” answered Fred in Iris business tray. “Five ddllafs,” said'-'Charlie. “He give mo one penny, with a hole in it.” ‘■Oh, the mean old scamp! Didn’t you" slap it into his face?” asked Charlie'. “No indeed ; pehnies 'were not so very plentiful in,my youthful days as to allow that. I took it home' and put it away carefully. Iloiy long do you stippose I was -getting pennies together to buy that book?” ' ' “About a month,” said Charlie. ‘‘I could make two dollars a month if tlmmadid not count so strictly.; but she ■will have the -whole hour. ’ “bertainly,” he answered ; “she is right' td t’bep her bargain. I wa's just -ton' years savirigjup penny af-^ ter penjfjt .before 1’} could get my book. But I got it .at lash and you- dont know how much I -valued it: much more than if I had exercised loss self-denial. Many a time I would count my pennies, and say, ‘I never shall have enough to buy my book. I might as . well spend this now;’but my .good angel iwo-uld-say-iNti-I’-aml-i-would ■'vith- J stand the tptnptation, and add soon another penfi^r'- AVhat book do you suppose it \vas?” “A Bibh',”«aid Fro4. “No. ■' T’hoie were 'always plenty of Biblea in our house,' thank God! ” “pAbinson Crusoe,’’.'said Charlie. “No,” he answe'red-; “I never had a chance of reaffi'ag Rb'b'iuson Cru soe "'iill my son and,,rr:ead it togeth er. Books were y’er'/ scarce wh eu I was young.' It'.ras a Horace, Do yon know who HorSfe.b was?” “Yes, Sir,” said Fred; I do. He was a poet, protected by Augifstus.; he had for'friends Macce'niis,' Ti bullus, Virgil, and others. He 'waa a great man. His satires are the best of his works.” ' ’ “AAYfl done my little'man!” an- , swereef the geiitlemaii': “FG.haw. 1” said Chari,ie; “he did' not'-'learn tiiaj.at scKrioL Mama teaeffes him a|-l such things. That aint book learning! ’ How the gentleman laughed. “Mad'ain,” fe said, “I Congratu late you upoE the great probability of your prbiemineni sffccosB in making two good 'iaen. AVhy shbifld our men/not fee groat and godfivith such mothers? Rome could.not boaat of such women as ours-: a few'aisolated acts-do in deed show sorffp bright characters. One thing we know ; when hCr de cline began, the first exhibition of it to the wojld was in the loss of dignity in her women. But we—, ive must bo a great nation with such women as we have even now in this oiTt'youth. My mother was a great.aiid' a good woman; Con- tihuo. Madam, and reap your re- ^ward,” “I accept your ccmphraoiit,” said I, “for the rest Af my sex;, but for mj'Belf, 1 feel"that I can not yet deserve it, for my experi- ance is young; but as I advance I shall hope to grow wiser.” ' “AYb” (he seemed'as if ep-oaking to hirriself) “niy mother was not highly educated, but she has strong excellent sense—she was a good \voma».” •‘Looking at you,” I answered, “I ■should think she was something of a Madam Mere!” “You have hit it. And she loved pennies as well as tho one you mention, because she had been ear ly taught their value by experience. CONCLUDED ON FOITEJ'H PALE,
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